Welcome to Data Is Ugly, a sub all about butchered visualizations, misleading charts and unlabelled axes. If you've found a particularly useless/ugly/unreadable chart or infographic, and struggled to find someone who will listen to your complaints, then rejoice, for you are home!

Submission Guidelines

Please do not submit charts and graphics intentionally drawn poorly for the sake of parody.

Submissions should be focused on visuals, and not just the improper use of data.

First, it's just a 4-chan meme that has been doing the rounds for years. I'm willing to bet that it was originally created almost entirely tongue-in-cheek. It's certainly not purporting to be a genuinely accurate depiction of scientific advancement.

Second, it's very easy to see what it's saying. Other than the colour progression, which doesn't particularly harm readability (though would make it prettier), it suits its purpose perfectly. You can tell at a single glance what is going on.